No budget, no work. Low pay for work due to budgetary constraints comes often with the promise of providing “credit” and “exposure”, in the form or a watermark, link, or perhaps even a specific mention, as a form of compensation in lieu of commercial remuneration. There are two major problems with this.

First, getting credit isn’t compensation. We did, after all, create the work concerned, so credit is automatic. It is not something that we hope a third party will be kind enough to grant us.

Second, credit doesn’t pay bills.

“visual images are part of speech and they’re also an expressive work of a photographer”

Patents & ​Registered Copyright

There are local start-ups cabinet makers who don't see the value in paying designers and limit them to technical drafters. They see designers as a fad but are frustrated when unskilled traditional crafts don't succeed like industrial processed designs. They end up blaming the workers, the market and the clients.

"There are two basic types of patents in the United States: utility patents and design patents. In general terms, a "utility patent" protects the way an article is used and works. It also protects a method or process of making or doing something. On the other hand, a "design patent" protects the way an article looks. A design patent protects the ornamental design of an article of manufacture. 'Ornamental design' means the shape of the design and/or the surface decoration on the design."

"At this point, major technology firms can steal from each other anyway, absorb the consequences, and keep going. At the same time, a twisted ecosystem of patent trolls has sprung up to exploit the current system’s weaknesses, burying legitimate claims by small inventors in a flood of frivolous lawsuits."

​Design patents protect the exterior surface or shape of a product ("look & feel"), not its internal workings or function, for 14 years. Even very low-level of originality is acceptable if it doesn't fall under "prior art". Simple looking designs cannot get patents. Big corporations use recognition software to check if they need to.

Ideas and modern/contemporary utilitarian/functional products cannot get copyright protection (license) but you can get a utility patent for 20 years through a specially professional patent lawyer. A utility (aka non-provisional) patent is a patent that covers the invention of a new or improved product or machine unless it creates a maonopoly.

Registered Copyright distribution can last 95 years for corporations and life-long for the author/artist plus 20 years (renew every 28 years). Commercial music has layers of copyright and so is one of the strictest copyrights and even creative original use is not allowed. High-level of original elements is required for registeration of general copyright and a 'written clearence' is must for any transfer if copyright is under "exclusive". Copyright is not trademark.

Popular stuff cannot be used under fair-use guidelines (US section 107) even if there is no visible copyright label (removing copyright & metadata is still an offence). Unless you are using someone's material by adding more value by commenting about it or for non-profit teaching or commecial parody (not satire), its legal to do so (if its very relevent relationship) but you can still be taken to court even if its "low value".

However, everyone has the right to take photographs of anything that is very popular or historical (also collages maybe allowed under fair-use). If the end use is a non-commercial storytelling media, you don't need a "model release" in public spaces (in US, not in EU) but only if you are not focusing or lingering on a person. However, you need 'written clearence' if there is someone's artistic work that doesn't fall under famous.

p.s Creative common licenced stuff is non-exclusive, however, giving the correct 'attribution' is important to avoid litigation. It may not be really "free". Litigation is very expensive so the side with more money usually wins if the court battle is long drawn out. The court decides the damages. Its safer to get 'written model release' from the original rights holder (make sure source is trusted) for commecial nature.

Common advice on do's & don't for photographers (this article is not a substitution for legal counsel):

You have the right to take photographs in a public place. When in public spaces where you are lawfully present you have the right to photograph anything that is in plain view. Exceptions may include military installations, which are banned to protect national security. In many areas, pictures of nuclear facilities are also prohibited. However, don't stalk people or sneak up on them and shove your camera in their face. If you insist on taking a photo of the clearly perturbed big man sporting scars and a scowl, just understand that he may very well insist on smashing your camera.

When you are on private property, the property owner may set rules about the taking of photographs.

Police officers may not confiscate or demand to view your digital photographs or video without a warrant. Police may not delete your photographs or videos under any circumstances.

Police officers may legitimately order citizens to cease activities that are truly interfering with legitimate law enforcement operations.

Some photographs can be used and distributed without release forms, but they are limited in usage. Editorial images may not be used to sell anything – they are “non-commercial and non-promotional”. Certain photographs may also require a property release form. The following three questions will help you to determine if you need a property release:

Could the owner of the property in the photograph be identified by anyone just by looking at the photograph of the property? If no, then you can stop here without needing a property release form.

Permission is required if a person is photographed in a way that suggests they may be advocating or sponsoring a product or service. Is the photograph to be used for an advertisement? If so and the property is identifiable, a property release is required. Is the photograph going to be used for commercial purposes? If so and the property is identifiable.

The person signing to be 18 years of age or older. If your subject is under 18 years old, you will need the signature of at least one parent or legal guardian.

Trademark Registration Process in India

Murphy Jahn

The University of Chicago – South Campus Chiller Plant in 2009 by Murphy Jahn. It received the 2009 AIA Chicago Chapter Award, the 2008 Chicago Architecture Foundation Patron of The Year Award, and the 2008 Midwest Construction’s Best Award.

The project for a new chiller plant at the University of Chicago provided the opportunity to design for function, performance, materials, construction while simultaneously considering how the technical equipment could be displayed as if it were a piece of art. As the utility equipment is exposed, other elements of construction remain “uncovered” – concrete walls and floors, steel structure, ducts, light fixtures, and pipes.

Suvarnabhumi Airport (meaning 'Golden Land' in Sanskrit), also known as (New) Bangkok International Airport, by Helmut Jahn of Murphy/Jahn Architects and constructed primarily by ITO JV.

This is a masterpiece of interdisciplinary work between architects and engineers. The goal to create a low energy need building with cutting edge if state-of-the-art technology required a very strict and close cooperation. The airport has the world's tallest free-standing control tower, and the world's third largest single-building airport terminal and it is the third busiest airport in Asia.

Creating the architectural form by its function, the geometry of the super-truss girder was determined through the level of the bending moment. Sized to accommodate future growth, the trellis provides an important functional advantage as well as an architectural one. With louvres positioned to shade the structures from direct sunlight, mechanical loads are reduced.

Sheraton Dameisha Resort by the British architect, Sir Terry Farrell and Partners.

The guests approach the porte-cochere and enter the atrium lobby entrance which is a grand spatial volume that makes the single greatest impact upon the guest, visitors know they have arrived and the expansive view of the ocean beyond adds to the wow factor. The atrium lobby entrance is the central heart and marks the arrival point of the hotel - a non-linear geometric shell structure supported by the circulation cores and the ground, with a 50 m span and height of 35m. Although the geometry of the structure is asymmetric, it is based on a geodesic dome shape that allows a self-supporting structure without the need for internal columns. Inspired by the majestic natural surroundings of the ocean, wave and mountains, the design embraces elements to create a sense of place, embodied in a sculptural building form that has a distinct spirit, an organic dynamic shape evoking a sense of movement frozen in time as the "Fertile Moment".

His work, which is recognizable for its angular form and use of intersecting planes, consists of over twenty completed buildings – and many more under construction - across the globe. Some people may say that Libeskind's lines are very sloppy while other people may say that they are very neat and fit together

Great North Museum, Newcastle, United Kingdom by the British architect, Sir Terry Farrell.

The extension building compliments and contrasts the existing Hancock Museum in form and use; they are separated visually and physically by a double height glazed ‘galleria’ allowing their identities and forms to read strongly whilst providing appropriate scale against adjacent buildings and providing new east / west entrance points.

The new building contextually derives its form, size and elemental composition from the Hancock building; strong horizontal datums and vertical rhythms transfer from the existing building across to the new building. Contrast is achieved through modern materials and detailing, and the bold use of accent colours.

The building is zoned with retail and hospitality to the front spaces and galleria; circulation is ordered about the existing four stone stairs and new galleria stair; education, special exhibition and society spaces are stacked vertically through the new extension.

Sir Terry Farrell

Daniel Libeskind

Curated by Greg Lynn, an exhibition held in the Canadian Centre for Architecture.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GL-BZ22_F00

Sir James Dyson

Antonio Citterio

Marc Newson

Konstantin Grcic

Tom Dixon

Riccardo Blumer

Alias's laleggera chair by Riccardo Blumer

A new chair is a designer grail, even though history has already given us an astonishing choice of ways to sit down. Riccardo Blumer's 1996 Laleggera chair for Alias, being sufficiently innovative and amply beautiful, is one of the very few recent efforts that will one day achieve classic status. Making a clear reference to Gio Ponti's revered Leggera chair of 1954, Blumer used advanced manufacturing technology to achieve both a practical and aesthetic advance on history. His design of engineered wood is astonishingly light and so elegant it almost disappears.

Ron Arad

Israeli designer Ron Arad unique design style spans product and furniture design as well as architecture; using unorthodox combinations of materials and concepts. They are unique piece of ultra-modern and ergonomic design that doubles as sculpture.

Ripple Chair for Moroso

Ross Lovegrove

Supernatural chair (2005)

Inspired by cellular forms found in nature, Lovegrove who calls his design process "organic essentialism," said his work creates industrial objects that are aesthetically elegant and functional.

Made from injection-molded polypropylene reinforced with fiberglass, the Supernatural chair is recognizable by its rounded, perforated back. The holes are not merely decorative; they eliminate excess material, reduce the chair's weight, provide elasticity and improve comfort.

Both the original and the imitator are 32 inches tall with a seat height of 18 inches, but the original is nearly 2 inches wider and 3 inches deeper. It also has a slot in the seat, right, for rain drainage if the chair is used outside. The Supernatural is available in six colours, including turquoise and fluorescent green.

Its higher price helps to defray the development of the product and royalty payments to the chair's creator.

Dakota Jackson

Alberto Meda

bigframe chair for Alias

Roller is a rotatory pen-holder

Piaggio "Ape Calessino" electric

The original iphone-4 design prototype 2006

rota bike

volkswagen folding e-bike

21st century Art

Post-Modernism is said to have destroyed thought by revolting against the movement that immediately preceded it: Modernism or Rationalism

​Howard Hodgkin himself has said that he paints "representational pictures of emotional situations," a statement that fixes him firmly as an advocate of the expressionist movement.

Hodgkin's appeal to representationalism prevents his categorization as an abstract expressionist - although some artists within that movement do execute representational paintings that are consumed into the expressionistic vortex of their particular psychodrama.

Syed Ali Arif

Abhishek Singh

Jit Chowdhury

Popular reproduction of famous design

"infinitely reproducible lacks the aura of the unique work of art."

BTC Hector Dome Wall Lamp

Its a British classic, with its moveable shade and smart cotton braided flex, the Hector table light and its accompanying floor light perfectly marry style and function. The range includes a collection of simple bone china pendants and practical, space-saving wall lights for a subtle source of ambient light.

Samsonite Classic Attaché ABS case made with hard plastic exterior and lightweight magnesium reinforced frame. As the jet age dawned they launched the Silhouette case taking advantage of the properties of glass fibre and magnesium to produce a design that looked modern and stylish, but was also light and strong.

In the 40s their Streamlite case was aimed at the growing number of airline passengers. The Classic attach was a result of careful market research and captured the mood of the sixties executive. Samsonite luggage was produced by Shwayder Bros, a company little known outside the US at the end of the 50s.

People who are honest to themselves and show kindness to strangers, inspire me the most. When something funny catches my eye I joke about it in a matter-of-fact way and its mostly implied humour.

When in social mood, I like sharing new ideas and listening to intelligent conversations. I deeply value friendship, loyalty and harmony.

I am approachable, curious about people as individuals and with my friends I am playful, letting myself be a little silly. I totally dig when the taken-for-granted everyday things are used to create dark and ridiculousness, evoking our authentic emotions.

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